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"The Republican Party has swung so far to the right and is controlled by conservatives."  I have read this comment so many times in the past year or so...maybe even longer.  But with the news of Sen. Specter jumping ship on Tuesday, so many of the political pundits are saying the same thing again.  I have to ask a question.  "Are you kidding me?"  The Republican Party has swung so far to the right?  If anything, the Republican Party has swung waaaaaayyyyyyyyy too far to the left.  The Republicans lost in 2006 not because they were too far to the right but because they were too far to the left.  Same thing in 2008.  I mean seriously.....John McCain?  Oh yeah.....he's really far out there on the right.  After Sens. Specter, Collins, and Snowe, McCain was probably the next worst leftie in the bunch.  Maybe Lindsey Graham was next.....but he was McCain's right hand man in the campaign!!! 

The conservatives are not in control of the Republican Party.  The conservatives haven't been in control in years and years.  And if you notice, the Republican Party has failed and floundered.   Look at all the wreckless spending by the Republicans when they were in the majority.  That's not conservatism.  The voters had enough of it.....little did they realize the Democrats were going to spend EVEN MORE than the Republicans.

It is my belief that people don't even know what a conservative is anymore.  Mitt Romney was hailed as some great conservative by so many in the Presidential Primaries.  Mitt Romney?  PLEEEEASE!!  "But Trent, you voted for Romney in the primaries!"  Actually I did.  I wasn't happy about it.  My candidate, Duncan Hunter had already dropped out of the race and at that point, I thought Romney was the only one who had a shot at stopping McCain.  McCain was worse than Romney.  However, I never claimed Romney was a conservative.  Same thing with McCain. 

McCain didn't lose because he was too far to the right.  He lost because he was too far to the left.  The only bit of spark that came to his campaign was when he chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate.  She was considered by most conservatives to at least be considered a conservative.  And then the McCain camp got a hold of her and screwed her all up with their liberal nonsense.  Very few people I know voted for McCain.  They voted for Sarah Palin hoping McCain would, for some reason, leave office after winning.  I didn't campaign for McCain and I sure as hell didn't contribute to his campaign. 

And that's my point!  So many of the Republicans don't excite the conservative base.  Yeah, you may get our unenthusiastic vote because you are slightly better than the Democrat you are running against, but that's about it.  Many conservatives stayed home, voted third party or didn't vote for President at all.  And that train of thought is only going to increase unless the party makes a humongous swing to the right. 

There are a few conservative Republicans in office and this is by no means a knock at them.  I am hoping they can find some like minded individuals and get them to run for office so that we can start getting rid of some the liberal Republicans in office.  

Too far to the right and controlled by conservatives?  Don't make me laugh!!!

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Sen. Arlen Specter of PA made, what every conservative already knew, it official on Tuesday April 28, 2009....he's a Democrat.  Shocker!

Seriously, was anyone surprised by this announcement?  It's about time he left the Republican Party and joined the Democrat Party.  The libs are all excited because they are so close to that 60 seat Senate, fillibuster-proof, majority.  You dingbats didn't realize you already had that with Specter anyway.  

The move was made not because of some ideological awakening.  It was made because he knew he would lose his next primary and he admitted as much.  "I am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate."

So personally, I think this is great news!  This fool is out of the Republican Party.  A conservative will hopefully take his spot come November 2010.  And Specter will be nothing but a footnote in history or possibly the answer to some future useless trivia question.

I have just one favor to ask Sen. Specter.  Can you please convince some of the other RINOs to go with you.......pssst Sen. Collins, Sen Snowe, Sen. Graham......I'm talking about you.  And believe me.....several others as well.

So later Specter.  Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

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With the steady increases in taxation, regulation and entitlement programs over the past 80 years, I would say a "Tea Party" is looooong overdue.  However, many in this nation have already staged Tea parties and many more are still planned.  April 15th has been set up as a day for many Tea Parties to occur.  Some are small Tea Parties which may only draw 20 people.  Others are going to be huge Tea Parties which will draw thousands and thousands of people. 

I always hear people ask, "What can we do?  What can we do to stop the madness?"  Well, here's your opportunity.  Attend a Tea Party.  If there isn't any planned in your area, organize one.  If there is one within a few hours driving distance from your house, you have no excuse not to be there.  I, myself, will be attending the Tea Party in New York City on April 15th.  I am driving about an hour and a half or so to get there.  I have taken off early from work that day to make sure that I attend.  There are no excuses not to be at one. 

Is it going to change the country over night?  Probably not.  Did the Sons of Liberty believe their Tea Party would have such an effect that more than 230 years later, citizens of this country would still be talking about their actions?  Probably not.  But their Tea Party did change things for the better.  And the possibility that the Tea Parties we attend will change things for the better is great, so long as we take it seriously and show up in numbers that no one, not even the liberal media can ignore.  This is our chance to make history.  This is our opportunity to tell a government that they can no longer walk all over us and  confiscate our hard earned money through oppressive taxation.  This is our time to do something great.

So you can sit back and let other people do it.  You can sit back, stay at home, watch t.v. and find any excuse not to go to a Tea Party.  OR....You can make sure that you are at one no matter what you need to do to get there.  What can I do?  What can I do?  Stop asking and start doing.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TEA PARTIES, CHECK OUT:

http://taxdayteaparty.com/

Also, as I stated above, I will be attending the New York City Tea Party.  My friend Andrew Wilkow, host of Sirius Satellite Radio's The Wilkow Majority, has put together a pre-Tea Party party at The Patriot Saloon.  The pre part is from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 or so.  The NYC Tea Party is from 7:00 - 9:00.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PRE-TEA PARTY PARTY, CHECK OUT:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=72934736770&ref=ts

And one other note, there are rumors that idiots from MoveOn and Acorn and several other liberal groups have been dispatched to cause disturbances and run interference at as many Tea Parties as possible.  There are also rumors of them posing as conservatives and trying to get people to sign their "petitions" which will then be used to fake support for Obama's policies or worse, to collect information on anyone attending these events.  So, PLEASE, be very careful about giving out any information to anyone at any Tea Party.

I am looking forward to spending several hours with thousands of people that love this country and the principles it was founded upon.

-Trent

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I wanted to thank everyone who made a donation to St. Baldrick's on our behalf.  Through the generous donations of many ProudConservative.com friends, my daughter and I were able to raise $1000.00 for children's cancer research.  My daughter cut 11 inches of her hair off, which will be used to make a wig for a child going through cancer treatment, and I shaved my head.

I think it is so important that we, as conservatives, donate to charity as often as we can.  Obviously, most of us can't afford to donate to every worthwhile charity.  But we can pick one or two charities and do our best to help raise funds for them.  My two charities happen to be St. Baldrick's and The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund.  Charities do a much better job than any government entity could ever do.  The charities do it better, faster and more efficient.  The government does not need to be involved in such activities.  We citizens can fund these programs ourselves without government beaurocrats wasting half the money on themselves.

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